Uncastillo No. 1 / Uncastiello

Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011

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Results: 7 records

view of basin

Scene Description: notice the centre drain hole -- the measuring tape indicates 80 cms [8x10] per side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum

Scene Description: chrismon held by angels

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Scene Description: with the martyrdom of St. Felix

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: the portal has a tympanum with the martyrdom of St. Felix

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [http://www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco%20Villas/990505-UncastilloSanfelix.htm]

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view of church interior - chancel - detail

Scene Description: the old basin, serving now as partial base to a side altar

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 November 2011 by Mikel Unanue for BSI

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [http://www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco%20Villas/990505-UncastilloSanfelix.htm]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the square font, now on its side, serving as base to a side altar

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio García Omedes, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Antonio García Omedes [http://www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco%20Villas/990505-UncastilloSanfelix.htm]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17225UNC
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Felices [aka Iglesia del Remedio, San Felix]
Church Patron Saints: St. Felix
Church Location: Barrio de San Felices, near the river Cadena
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located between Ejea de los Caballeros and Sos del Rey Catolico, in the Cinco Villas area, 115 km from Zaragoza capital -- the church is in the Barrio de San Felices, by the Cadena river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca
Historical Region: Cinco Villas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Antonio García Omedes, of www.romanicoaragones.com, and to Mikel Unanue, for their photographs of church and font
Church Notes: the tympanum of the north portal (now blocked) has a chrismon held up by a pair of angels -- the tympanum of the south portal illustrates the martyrdom of St. Felix, patron saint of the church [cf.García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com] for details of the building]
Noted and illustrated in García Omedes [www.romanicoaragones.com/4-Cinco%20Villas/990505-UncastilloSanfelix.htm] as a plain square font now turned on its side and serving as a side table by the altar. There is no mention of this font in the entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico en Aragón (Zaragoza, vol. 2, 2010)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.361, -1.133286
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 21′ 39.6″ N, 1° 7′ 59.83″ W
UTM: 30T 653722 4691547

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
Trapezoidal Basin: 80 x 80 cm [approx.]*
Notes on Measurements: [cf. ImageArea with measuring tape]